Olive oil in dire straits as prices spiral
Fears the price of olive oil may rise to €15 per litre in the coming months
It has been a bad year for olive oil.
Global production has halved after the ...
Car importers duty bound to inform owners of any faults
Car death raises issue of faulty airbags
Claims last week that a faulty airbag may have caused a young man’s death has raised questions over who has the responsibility ...
Fake prescriptions case rocks the north
One doctor wrote 7,800 prescriptions in a month
The ongoing investigation into the “fake prescription” scandal in the northern part of Cyprus has shaken Turkish Cypriots as they witnessed respected doctors ...
Collective punishment even for an atrocity is unlawful
Israel’s aim is to give vent to rage, revenge and self-defence
It has been raining bombs on Gaza for the last two weeks. Bombs dropped by the Israel Defence ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: In times of crisis, a role for Cyprus
DELUSIONS of world importance have always been strong at the centre of the universe, also known as Kyproulla, and they inevitably surfaced as soon as foreigners leaving Israel began using ...
Our View: The dangers of economic policy by public demand
In the last few months, the government has come under intense pressure from political parties, unions, consumer groups and media to announce measures for helping households cope with the steadily ...
Riots, looting, evictions – flat owners recount their nightmare
Expat owners of apartments at the infamous St Nicolas Elegant Residence complex in Chlorakas want their side of the story heard
Expatriate owners at the infamous – and now derelict – St ...
Fire-fighting mode in region cannot continue says president (video)
Our region cannot continue to address its crises in fire-fighting mode, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday addressing the Cairo Summit for Peace, in the face of the continuing crisis ...
Further remand for inmates planning Paphos murder
Paphos District Court on Saturday renewed an eight-day remand for three inmates, arrested on charges of conspiring to murder another Paphos resident.
According to police, the three men, 29, 38, and 45, were ...
First emergency aid trucks roll into Gaza after overnight Israeli air strikes (Updated)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose
Trucks carrying aid crossed into southern Gaza on Saturday, the first convoy of humanitarian supplies since Israel began a devastating siege 12 days ago and ...
Arrests after explosion near Israeli embassy (update 1)
Four people were arrested on Saturday and remanded for six days, following an explosion near the Israeli embassy early in the morning, police said.
The explosion occurred at 1.37am near ...
American doctors to begin operating on children in Cyprus
A team of American doctors from Shriners children’s hospitals in the US will begin carrying out operations on children in Cyprus on Tuesday.
The commencement of operations was announced ...
Huge turnout for anti-war protest in Nicosia (Update 2)
Hundreds of protesters gathered for an anti-war rally at Eleftheria Square on Friday evening, calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
An impressive turnout for Cyprus, nearly a ...
UNHCR praises improved conditions in Cyprus reception centres
The conditions of Cyprus’ reception centres and have sensibly improved, according to the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) assistant high commissioner for protection, Gillian Triggs, who concluded a two-day visit ...
Finance Minister Keravos speaks on electricity subsidy reinstatement
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said the government is “not dogmatic” on Friday after reinstating the electricity subsidy on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters following a meeting with European Court of Auditors ...
Police union threatens to report police watchdog to anti-corruption body
Police trade union Isotita on Friday threatened to report the independent police watchdog to the EU anti-corruption body after it claimed that one of its five members is related to ...
Israel levels Gaza district, hits Orthodox church as invasion looms
Israel levelled a northern Gaza district on Friday after giving families a half-hour warning to escape, and hit an Orthodox Christian church where others had been sheltering, as it made ...
Cheesemakers threaten action over halloumi milk ratio adjustment
The Cyprus cheesemakers’ association is to hold an extraordinary general meeting on Friday to discuss “measures to be taken” regarding the “critical situation” regarding forthcoming adjustments to the ratio of ...
Parties welcome measures to deal with cost-of-living crisis
Parties across the political spectrum have supported the government’s recent raft of measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis.
Disy, Akel, Diko, Depa, the Greens, Edek, and ...
Griffon Vultures at risk from poison baits
Wildlife protection NGOs have warned that Cyprus’ Griffon Vulture population could be wiped out unless much more is done to stamp out poison baits.
The dire warning from BirdLife Cyprus, ...
Our View: Pyla road rhetoric encapsulates the zero-sum game mentality
The zero-sum game that has always marked the Cyprus problem dealings between the two sides is now being played over the Pyla ‘understanding’, reached a couple of weeks ago. The ...
Goat and sheep halloumi to be ‘abolished’
Cyprus cheesemakers’ association chairman Marios Constantinou said the Agriculture Ministry has instructed producers to “abolish” goat’s and sheep’s milk halloumi on Thursday.
“What we have been told by ...
Cyprus now a net receiver, not contributor, of EU funds (Updated)
By Nick Theodoulou and Elias Hazou
Cyprus has become a net recipient of EU funds, reversing a long-standing position of being a net contributor, as the country’s EU funding ...
Electricity subsidy reinstated, fuel tax reduced among relief measures (Update 4)
By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou
The government announced on Thursday the reinstatement of the electricity subsidy as part of a raft of measures aimed at helping people through the ...